Our Family-Owned History
The "old world" flavor and quality of Mackenthun's homemade sausages began at the turn of the century in a little butcher shop in Plato, Minnesota, owned by August Mackenthun. In 1917, August's son Arthur imported a sausage maker from Germany and opened his own meat market in Waconia which soon built a reputation for the finest quality meats and most delicious sausage anyone ever tasted. In the 1940s and '50s, Arthur's son Marvin added a full line of groceries to their market.
Today, Kim Mackenthun, Jaime Mackenthun, and Jessa Theis (4th and 5th generation) operate a full-service supermarket with all the convenience of a big city, but inside the doors you'll still find the old-fashioned pride of a small-town butcher shop. Their award-winning meat department and homemade sausage have won national acclaim and they are dedicated to making every batch of delicious homemade sausage the same as it was in the early 1900s.